Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-04-28
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Practical suggestions rhat NAY Aid Many
IA solving Dpmcttio ProbiemG

Practical suggestions rbat MY Aid Many
IN solving Dpmc,tie ProbiemL
There are many ways Of entering
upon certain courses Of action. One
is 20 be led By ones friends. another
is TO follow ones impulses. Another
is deliberately to count the cost and
then determine just what to do. All
three methods are good in their way
and for certain ends necessary. Tie
first is perhaps most common. Parents
have pretty definite views of what they
would like their children 10 do aud To
be and endeayor to lead them in GER
tain aths, and most children are will
Ing to be led. The majority Of mon
and omen are like sheep. They fo!-
low their leader. II one goes over the
prcciF lee, all the rest follow. IL one
"stroig' man invests largely in ccr-
tain -, tks all his "sct' follow suit. II
the chief woman in n little town calls
ON the new comcr. every body calls on
her, that il, most every body.
Those who follow their impulses
sometimes accomplish what they wish
and oftcner do not. A good deal is
pardoncd to good intentions. A good
impulse acted upon at the wrong time
may get one into as certain trouble as
though the impulse hal been bad. En-
terpriscs founded on impulse are like
houses built upon the sand. Sand is
all very well to Gll In and grade with.
but ii does not make firm foundation.
When the winds blow aud the floods
come, the house falls. There are n
great many people who upon impulse
and without adequate preparation be-
gin some undertaking they are only
partly able to carry out, and when
they begin to founder aud 60 under.
implorc this friend aud that one tc
hasten 10 their rescue and save them
from pcrishing. How many men have
lost every thing by indorsing for their
friends IN the vain endcayor TO save
them. Impulses have their use, but
they can not be trusted with the reins
Of government any more than PhaelhOn
could with the chariot Of the sun. Inn
pulses must be restrained and guided
by principle, or they will pcrpctpally
get one into trouble. Parents can do
much to regulate and direct the i'm
pulses of their children by stcadfastly
pointing out To them the results of
obedience to impulse rather than Ia
delinite and well understood principles
Of action. II takes Grca; deal more
than good impulses 10 insure lasting
success. Principle prepares the ground
so that seed sown by impulse or other
wise are not choked by the thorns
sprlnging up.
Those who sit down and count the
probable cost of a new enterprise, and
ihen deliberately enter into IL, are most
likely 10 accomplish what they under
take. II II Is only the making Of a
garment, one must have pattern.
needles, thread. etc, or the work can
not be done. II IL Is the making Of
a cake. there must be sugar ami butter
and eggs and spice and fire 10 bake
with. But there are muititudes Of poo-
pie who habitually trust 10 borrowing
fiom some friend ono or two on more oi
the very essentials required In doing
the work they undertake. It Is no
charity, IL l. an injury TO the persons
thus borrowing 10 lend - them. They
should be compcl'ed TO learn the value
Of commodities by providing them OF
by going without them. Indulgence
only confirms ~ sril har'L--M r
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